A PAIR of sick pranksters tricked their friends into thinking they had found a body in a frozen lake where a teenager died last summer.

Two men face charges after posting pictures of fake body parts in a garden pond to Facebook and claiming to have found "a skeleton", saying "it is a foot from a human we have no idea what to do".

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The pair posted the hoax to Facebook pretending they found a skeleton in the riverCredit: Fox19 Now

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The creepy body parts look realistic but they were actually all fake zombie propsCredit: chrismurphymedia@gmail.com

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They were part of a sick prank but one terrified social media user thought they were real and called the policeCredit: Fox19 Now

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Officers are considering charges against the two people behind the prankCredit: Fox19 Now

A concerned member of the public phoned police to report the picture of the head, feet and hands which the hoaxers claimed were found at East Fork Lake in Ohio, where a 16-year-old's body was found in July.

But they were actually zombie decorations frozen in a garden pond in the town of Sycamore - and despite friends' worried comments the duo kept the prank going for two hours before revealing it was all fake.

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